Pte
James William Flynn

Information about birth

Date of birth:
30/08/1882
Place of birth:
Little Tew, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

General information

Profession:
Baker

Army information

Country:
England, United Kingdom
Force:
British Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
40737
Enlistment place:
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Units:
 —  Worcestershire Regiment, 10th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
24/07/1917
Place of death:
Pheasant Wood, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
34

Cemetery

Voormezele Enclosure No. 3
Plot: XIII
Row: A
Grave: 27

Distinctions and medals 2

Points of interest 2

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place

My story

Private James William Flynn - a 34-year-old baker from Oxford - was part of the 10th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, 57th Brigade, 19th Division.

On July 22nd 1917 the battalion moved into the line, which ran through Green Wood, south of the village of Hollebeke. Two companies held posts in the wood, further back another Company was entrenched in the old front line at Rose Wood and another in reserve in a trench east of Godezeune Farm. This line was held under heavy artillery fire until the 29th of July, when the Regiment was relieved and moved to Kemmel.

Private James William Flynn was most likely mortally wounded on the 24th of July by shellfire while holding the line. As he was buried near Pheasant Wood (near a road called Damm Strasse), it is possible he died while being evacuated to the rear.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/456541/flynn,-/
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H.Fitz M. Stacke, The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, 270-271.
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Naval & Military Archive
http://www.nmarchive.com/
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The Long, Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
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